Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - M.C.C. 7 14 0 226 47 16.14 - 5 Other matches 2 4 1 111 57 37.00 1 1 Season 10 20 1 339 57 17.84 1 6 Career 28 55 6 638 57 13.02 1 17 1848 This was one of Haygarth’s poorest years. His early season’s form was so bad that he was left out of the Gentlemen’s side and he even failed to make runs against the Gentlemen of Kent where he so often prospered. The M.C.C. left him out and he therefore played against them for Sussex, which was his native county. It was only in his last three matches of the year that he showed anything like his true ability and then only one of those games, against Oxford and Cambridge Universities, was first-class. Playing at Great Malvern on August 14 he scored 31 against Worcester and for the first time bowled, probably underhand, in a match. He was immediately successful securing five wickets which were all clean bowled. It always remains a mystery why he only bowled occasionally when, as will be seen later, he was always extremely effective. On September 21-23 Haygarth appeared for XXII of Leamington against The England XI and obtained the top score, 24, in Leamington’s first innings. In all matches, 12 in total, Haygarth scored only 147 runs with an average of 7.00. It was at the match on June 26-27 that Fred Lillywhite issued his first scorecard which, unlike today, was updated every hour. Haygarth and Lillywhite were later associated with regard to a number of publications which are detailed in Appendix II. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 29. M.C.C. v The North, Lord’s, June 12, 13 (The North won by seven wickets) c C.Brown b W.Clarke 1 61 79 lbw b W.Clarke 3 29 12-3 30. M.C.C. v Surrey Club, Kennington Oval, June 15, 16 (M.C.C. won by 40 runs) c G.Brockwell b D.Day 5 116 129 b N.Felix 2 170 117 1 31. M.C.C. v Cambridge University, Lord’s, June 19 (M.C.C. won by two wickets) b E.W.Blore 4 54 70 c and b J.M.Lee 8 81-8 64 32. Sussex v M.C.C., Lord’s, June 26, 27 (Sussex won by 24 runs) b W.R.Hillyer 2 115 104 1 b F.H.Hervey-Bathurst 0 80 67 33. Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent, Lord’s, July 3, 4 (Gentlemen of England won by five wickets) b C.J.Harenc 13 177 121 b A.Mynn 0 70-5 125 34. M.C.C. v Surrey Club, Lord’s, July 17 (M.C.C. won by seven wickets) b E.Hinkly 8 167 56 not out 4 19-3 128 35. Gentlemen of England v Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Lord’s, July 24, 25 (Oxford and Cambridge Universities won by an innings and 35 runs) b G.E.Yonge 1 66 196 not out 23 95 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct M.C.C. 4 8 1 35 8 5.00 - 1 Other matches 3 6 1 39 23* 7.80 - 1 Season 7 14 2 74 23* 6.16 - 2 Career 35 69 8 712 57 11.67 1 19 10